# NTSB MKC84LA107: Cessna 340, N6320X, Olathe, KS, March 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1984, 19:35 local (Mar 19, 1984, 01:35 UTC)
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Coordinates: 38.879764, -94.809471 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8798&lon=-94.8095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA107

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - object (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT SKIDDED OFF THE RWY INTO SLUSH COVERED TERRAIN ALONGSIDE THE RWY, DRAGGING THE LEFT GEAR IN THE MUD. AS THE ACFT CONTINUED ITS FWD ROLL THE MAIN GEAR STRUCK THE EDGE OF A TAXIWAY & COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THE RWY WAS COVERED WITH SLUSH AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT & A CROSSWIND CONDITION EXISTED. BRAKING ACTION WAS REPORTED TO BE FAIR TO POOR BY THEPILOTS OF TWO ACFT WHICH LANDED BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6320X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6320X-2012-10-03), registration cancelled 2012-10-03, S/N 340A0491, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (registry code 2076405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340A0491
- Airframe hours: 800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wayne A. Bower
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 31, 1983, 30 hours before
- Departed: 81J, DESTIN, FL
- Destination: OJC, JOHNSON COUNTY, KS
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: OJC, Johnson County Executive, runway 35, 4,099 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,400 total, 50 in this make and model, 2,350 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 70° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OJC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840318007329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840318007329A), Mar 18, 1984: Cessna 340A, Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft skidded off runway and left main gear collapsed on soft shoulder.

## Other investigations on N6320X (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN87FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA048), Feb 1, 1987: Cessna 340A (N6320X), Two Buttes, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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